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Swamp defeats Chess

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, in a fiery, competitive and dope 3-rounder that featured a gang of sizzling name flips, piercing metaphors, stinging gun bars, flippant (that ‘raccoon’ line in round 1 by Chess was crazy) personals and brash punches from both battlers, after taking an ‘L’ to the more haymaker-lit Chess in round 1, a turned-up Swamp adds some wit and righteous bars to the mix and in both of the latter rounds the South Carolina emcee offers up a plate of more consistent darts that during condensed (Chess was still banging, but elongated and less potent in the 2nd and 3rd) turns that earned Swamp the edge in each round for the comeback win.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Swamp – “Why the fuck you be walking around so angry for, is it because you little or something?, you think just ‘cuz your name Chess [chest] you always gotta be in the middle of something?”

Nu Jersey Twork defeats Real Deal

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Recap: As usual, an earnest effort from Real Deal, complete with plenty of righteous personals (esp. during a pretty dope round 3) and empathetic/solid punches that often hit and kept things competitive. But despite the steady comp from his opponent, in this 3-rounder from Street Talk Ent, it’s a gun bar blazing, gritty punching, street shit spazzing and personal-lit Nu Jerzey Twork (that ‘diamond tester’ sequence in the 3rd was also crazy) who lands more haymakers in each round to earn the 30.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “That shit you don’t know bro, all this shit this bitch popping, nigga talking about me stealing a purse…so the fuck what?, quick option!”

Chess defeats Kev Bless

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Recap: From Street Talk Ent, funny how you can sometimes get less potent with each passing round, but still manage to hold on and pull off a win. Such was the case here with Chess, who in a 3-round battle that took place outside on the street against Kev Bless, used a gang of gritty punches, solid wordplay and fiery gun bars in a much more consistent and condensed opening round to take things there. However, admittedly a bit lethargic from battling so often of late, while still earnest and full of grit with his bars, a mostly pedestrian round 2 from Chess would still get the checkmark thanks to yet another elongated and mostly subpar turn by his opponent. Thanks in part to Chess cutting his final round short only a minute in, a turned up Bless (witty and hard-hitting at times, but drenched in too many wily pontifications and resident name flips in the earlier rounds) would put it all together, lace the crowd with a pretty solid punch-fest and handily take the 3rd to avoid a shutout.

Verdict: Chess (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chess – “You said you was in group homes and stuff, well I could make you so viral from this battle, that nigga I could get you and your folks in touch!”

Bigg K defeats J Murda

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Recap: From Street Talk Ent, not sure what exactly unleashed “The Dawg” in what was a crazy 3rd round by Bigg K, but damn! That said, here against the always gritty and aggressive J Murda, outside of a pretty competitive opening round that the more haymaker-lit Bigg K took in the end, this 3-round battle was pretty one-sided. K utilizing a gang of flexing gun bars, hard-hitting 4-bar set-up/punchlines, some (esp. in the aforementioned round 3) fire rebuttals, witty barbs and stinging name flips to also take both of the latter rounds over a J Murda who had the right idea/theme (when it came to personals) in round 2, but couldn’t deliver the execution, before a subpar 3rd (along with K’s comeuppance) finished him for good.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bigg K – “They like what’s up with J Murda, he ain’t nothing to play with, I’m like I ain’t caught his last 20 battles but he’s one of my favorites!”

Shotgun Suge defeats E-Hart

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Recap: From Bags and Bodies, E-Hart and Shotgun Suge in a competitive 3-rounder filled with plenty of fiery gun bars, gritty street talk, solid name flips and mocking/witty personals from both battlers. And while Suge kept it pretty succinct throughout, while Hart on the other was a little elongated, nonetheless the battle stayed close. Still, it’s the more haymaker-lit Suge who takes round 1. Round 2 would see Hart up her wordplay and punch game, but a surprising couple of slip-ups mid-round by the Bronx vet would hand Suge the edge (and the win) in what was otherwise a very winnable round. Continuing to flex her hard-hitting raps in a consistent and clean fashion in the 3rd would allow Hart to salvage the round, despite a pretty solid effort from Suge.

Verdict: Shotgun Suge (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Shotgun Suge – “You thought you was gonna beat me, what that ’bout?, I feel right at home we had bags and bodies at my trap house!”

Chef Trez defeats Prep (Rematch)

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Recap: From OSBL, Chef Trez and Prep (they previously did a 1v1 on URL and a 2-on-2 on GOTG) meet up for the 3rd time on a battle stage and this one is a goodie. Prep, after a bit of a slow start, kept it entertaining and competitive with a bunch of wily punches, solid name flips, hitting freestyles and lucid personals/schemes. However, apparently choosing to save his strong rebuttal game for the end of his round instead of the start, this one was all Chef. Trez adeptly utilizing a gang of head-ringing gun bars, fire punchlines, killer wordplay, fiery name flips and even some witty personals to score more than enough haymakers and earn the win in this 1-rounder.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “It’s drill week, I’ll really spin in this bitch, catch Dirty Prep outside like an Indian dish!”

Chef Trez defeats Skully G Da Alley Kid

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The Boiler Room ATL, Skully G Da Alley Kid delivers a hitting at times, but elongated and mostly pedestrian gun bar and name flip-fest that ironically gave opponent Chef Trez plenty to work with. The ATL vet utilizing a plethora of sizzling (I had like 7 of ’em, including an ‘Ice Spice’ rebut near the end of his round) rebuttals, flashy gun lines, brash punchlines, fiery freestyles and piercing personals during a sublime (i.e. classic) turn that reminded everyone that there’s different levels to this shit.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Don’t try to play me closer, that’s what you get shot for, buck shot, blow the hinges off the entrance…no more locked doors!”

Charlie Clips defeats Bangz

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Recap: Versus a one-time rising star in Bangz who stopped taking battle rap seriously (he displays that once again here with a plethora of subpar name flips before quitting on his round) a long time ago, Charlie Clips utilizes a gang of flexing name flips, some solid rebuttals/freestyles and a bunch of brash/witty punchlines/personals to earn a rare body bag in this 1-rounder from Black Diamond Battle League.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “This nigga name is Bangz, take a look at him y’all, he was born dead, nigga ain’t even lose his tooth on some street shit, nigga bit too much in a cornbread!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Steams

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Recap: From Street Talk Ent, while taking advantage of an opponent in Steams who got off to a slow start in each of the opening rounds (before excelling in the latter half of both via a gritty punch game and boatloads of feelgood wordplay), a more consistently hitting Geechi Gotti would utilize a gang of brash punchlines, fire name flips, pretty solid personals, rugged street talk and sturdy gun bars to take rounds 1 and 2 for the win before dishing more of the same in the 3rd to handily beat back a pedestrian Steams and earn the 30.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I came from out of state, soon as I landed they hand me scraps, chopper under the arm like crutches, told you I’m a Crip not a handicap!”

A. Ward defeats Swave Sevah

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Recap: From Street Talk ENT (RIP Bishop Brigante), in this 3-round bout between A. Ward and Swave Sevah that featured plenty of Biblical references, religious pontifications and brash punches, after getting edged in the opening round to the slightly more haymaker-lit Sevah, A. Ward adds some witty personals, a strong rebuttal game, fiery wordplay/schemes and a bunch of gritty punchlines to take rounds 2 and 3 over a less consistent opponent for the comeback win.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 2-1

Favorite line: A. Ward – “I’m loco, I been on the champion list for the last 5 years and earned a pretty penny, even you know the vision not the same, you ain’t been able to see me since 2020 [20/20]!”

Chess defeats Whosane

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Recap: In this No Jumper/La Plaga 1-rounder, Chess utilizes a boatload of piercing name flips to set himself apart in what was otherwise a pretty even battle vs. Whosane. The Young Gawd and for the former URL PG battler staying competitive when it came to gritty punches, fly set-ups and feelgood wordplay, yet it’s the more consistently hitting Chess who scored more haymakers and ultimately earned the win.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “You see this the predator verse the prey, but I forgot y’all slow, this was the jungle, I’m the lion and Who’s there, it ain’t a knock knock joke!”

Real Name Brandon defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: From West World Battle Rap (RIP Billy Boondocks), against a Bill Collector who started off well with variety of solid punches that kept him competitive until he succumbed to one many cookie cutter raps past the midway mark, Real Name Brandon leaves earth. The West-coast EFB member using a blistering round of gritty, street-themed punchlines, sturdy name flips, a gang of killer wordplay/similes, brash personals and graphic hardbody darts in a flawless turn that handily earned the win in this 1-rounder.

Verdict: Real Name Brandon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Real Name Brandon – “If I was down to that last 8-ball then your pocket picked, we was robbing him, I’m the first nigga to swing…Jackie Robinson!”

Viixen the Assassin defeats Nu Jerzey Twork

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Recap: From Bags and Bodies, Viixen the Assassin and Nu Jerzey Twork go at it for 3 rounds with plenty of loud, competitive heat in both of the opening rounds, before they ran out of gas in the 3rd, but one moreso than the other. When she wasn’t promoting her OnlyFans account, a charged-up Viixen lit the stage up with a bunch of fiery schemes, gritty/brash punches, solid name flips, scintillating gun bars and scathing personals. On the other hand Twork came with a barrage of hard-hitting personals of his own that coupled with gang of fierce 1,2 punches and dope similes edged him round 1, before Viixen returned the favor in round 2 despite a dope rebuttal from NJT to start off his turn. Tied up going into round 3 Viixen calmed down just a bit, but still let off a plethora of blistering personals and hard punchlines in a turn that was otherwise pedestrian and beatable. However, not even halfway through his 3rd, Twork would get a case of Earl’s and tho he did try to freestyle for a bit, after a minute he’d give up, stop his round and take the L.

Verdict: Viixen The Assassin (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Viixen The Assassin – “I’m the opposite of Twork, I’m a stand-up bitch!”

Jaz The Rapper defeats Hollow Da Don

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, Hollow Da Don and Jaz The Rapper square off for 3 rounds and for the most part it’s a goodie. A confident, pretty consistent and aggressive Jaz utilizing a gang of hard-hitting personals, solid name flips, violence-prone shiners, rich 4-bar set-up/punchlines/storytelling, hometown Houston bars that exposed some well conducted research and fiery schemes to get her point across. While da Don’s unorthodox stylings scored aplenty when it came to brash word association darts, stinging/witty personals of his own, wily schemes/name flips and solid freestyles. A battle that should also be noted for the normally stoic-throughout-when-he’s-not-rapping-Hollow getting a little emotional and tight here and there when Jaz get in on some ‘fake’ angles/personals as well as a surprisingly pedestrian 2nd round (which gives battle rap fans who feel that top tier male battle rappers take it easy when facing Jaz more to talk about) from Hollow, sees the more versatile and consistently-lit Don edge round 1, before a haymaker-lit Jaz handily took round 2 to tie things up. The deciding 3rd, while more competitive than the previous round, still featured more of the same flexing, angle-lit and steadily punch-heavy darts from Jaz, which despite a mostly solid effort from Hollow, earned Jaz the comeback win.

Verdict: Jaz The Rapper (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jaz The Rapper – “Is this a grudge match?, hardly, it’s not a mirror match sorry, I hate to be that girl but Hollow ‘What are we?’!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Aktive

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Recap: From CaliPlug, Geechi Gotti (Crip) vs. Aktive (Crip) for 3 rounds in a battle that as expected was heavy on the gang talk/culture throughout. However, after a pretty solid, often punch-heavy on both sides debatable round 1, in both of the latter two rounds Geechi would take off and them some, while Aktive (tho he did land a few haymakers here and there) just couldn’t keep up to his opponent’s consistency or potency. The Compton, CA, battle vet handily taking rounds 2 and 3 with bouts of wit, a plethora of brash punchlines, stinging name flips, wily personals and resident/hard-hitting screeds/history lessons on the L.A. gang life for the win.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I know Tyrone hoping that I take him light, but I can’t tonight, Dog I’m home, I’m the type to slap your sister then make you fight!”

Coffee Brown defeats Foet Dev

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Recap: From T.O.Y.S Rap Battle League, a plethora of wily gun bars and gritty punches from both sides in this 3-rounder. But via some random wit, fiery performance-heavy darts, fierce personals and a bunch of hard-hitting name flips, despite a solid effort from opponent Foet Dev, an also more consistently hitting Coffee Brown earns the 3-0.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “I will walk up on you and approach son, up one, like fuck is a demon?, I got a ghost gun!”

Rum Nitty defeats Daylyt

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, in what was a highly charged 3-round bout, Rum Nitty edged out Daylyt 2-1 in a battle full of flair, fire and of course on Daylyt’s part, highly questionable behavior. Indeed, a performance-lit Nitty came out swinging in round one, delivering a flawless barrage of gritty set-up/punchlines, clever name flips, mocking personals (that included donning an Alien mask), and piercing similes—cementing the round as an instant classic. And while Daylyt fought back with his signature abstract wordplay, solid schemes and righteous syntax, ‘The Quill’ couldn’t muster up near enough haymakers to stand a chance in round 1. Then ‘Lyt would shock the entire crowd in round 2, completely unraveling by prematurely ‘ending’ his round twice (and giving the impression that he choked both times) before finishing his turn. The irony appearing in the fact that while Nitty had a pretty good round 2, it was was still beatable, yet Daylyt pretty much handed the round to his opponent by pulling out one of his head-scratching gimmicks. And while Daylyt did bounce back (tho he did have some reaches here and there) with an inspired, high-minded round three full of potent name flips and layered schemes to edge it there and avoid the sweep, Nitty’s more consistent heat in both of the opening rounds already secured him the W.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Let’s battle rap, I don’t think fam is ready, adversaries, get bagged and buried, clap the Desi, I stock nigga’s dead in they track…like Machiavelli!”

Hitman Holla and Ms. Hustle [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Can’t recap this Bags and Bodies 3-rounder between Hitman Holla and Ms. Hustle without first giving props to Hitman for releasing it on YouTube only a few days after it took place. That doesn’t happen often, especially when it’s a couple of top tier’s. Moving on, Holla with a wide (including a couple of rebuttals) arsenal of solid punches, righteous chit-chat, witty/hitting (“You got all these dudes to write for you, but can’t find one man to do right by you!”) personals and boastful barbs for the most (the latter half of his 3rd round was definitely a bit underwhelming at times) part kept it competitive throughout. While on the other hand an often animated (she even pulled out a so-so remix in round 1) Hustle kept it G with a gang of piercing gun bars, mocking personals, gritty punchlines, solid struggle bars and just angles when she wasn’t spiling the tea on her fallout with former bestie Remy Ma. That said, it’s a more haymaker-lit Holla who takes round 1, before a debatable 2nd and a way more steadily hitting Hustle took the 3rd to make this battle even-steven.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Ms. Hustle – “Just stop trying to be a Blood type and go be [B] positive!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Marqo Mazii

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Recap: When it comes down to picking a venue for a battle rap event, cost is an obvious priority, but so to is demographics when it comes to fanbase and location. That said, while Marqo Mazii delivered an earnest effort in this URL/T-Top Presents “No Cut” 3-rounder, what with a bunch of gritty punches and witty dalliances, it’s a turned-up Geechi Gotti, armed with a plethora of brash punchlines, a fly rebuttal or two, piercing trap talk, feelgood personals and solid name flips in a much more consistent trio of rounds than his opponent, who earns the 30 for win in front of an at-best, lackluster crowd.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “I ain’t feeling him, get a whole knife stuck in dude, T-Top said it’s no cut, so what?, it’s a puncture wound!”

Th3 Saga defeats Steams

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Recap: From We Go Hard, an opener that featured a gang of nifty wordplay, gritty punches, piercing name flips and flexing personals made for a debatable round 1, but from there Steams just couldn’t keep up. Th3 Saga getting in his bag (while taking advantage of quite a few reaches from his opponent) and going ham with a plethora of crazy, nuanced set-up/punchlines, boastful barbs, Godly screeds, hitting personals, clever name flips and other sizzling repartee/performance-rich bars to take both (round 2 with its sublime bar structure, themes and set-up/punchlines being a classic) of the latter two rounds over a still solid, but not as substantive or consistent Steams for the win.

Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “If you don’t wanna see the route of a psycho dead it, a cold corpse, but if I go psycho with a 762 it ain’t gonna spike your credit!”

Casey Jay and Charlie Clips [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: While it’s common knowledge that a “bad” Charlie Clips still has the gusto to get through and win battles via his amazing freestyle ability, such wouldn’t be the case here. The Harlem vet, after edging round 1 of this 3-round “The Cut” bout from T-Top/URL with just enough wicked personals, wit, solid schemes and off-the dome (freestyling and pointing out that Casey Jay stole that ‘Anthony Davis’ line is something few battle rappers can do) theatrics to get past a pretty solid round from his opponent, before getting somewhat lazy and overdoing (esp. when it came to whining to T-Top about how he put together the battle) the freestyles in the latter rounds. Casey, versatile throughout her 3 rounds when it came to punches, personals and mayhem-lit darts, but matching Charlie’s mostly pedestrian synergy in round 2 to force a tie there, before dishing a punch-heavy 3rd that in the face of a pretty long and lackluster turn by Clips, handily gave the Bardashian the win there and allowed for a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Casey Jay – “This a I’m a start my diet tomorrow head ass nigger!”

JC defeats Project Prime

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Recap: From Mic Murdaraz TV, despite a pretty solid, gritty and often personal/punch-heavy (that “Simpsons” bar was fire) round from Project Prime that made this 1-rounder pretty competitive and close towards the end, a slightly more condensed JC, via a gang of hard-hitting gun bars, boastful barbs/schemes and stinging punchlines, manages to score more haymakers and edge what ended up being a dope battle.

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: JC – “See in my world, if I go off in a blind fury then it’s just off top with me, see this a violent game, this kind of [reign] rain just too dangerous, even my brainstorm cause climate change!”

Tay Roc defeats E. Ness

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Recap: From URL, while E. Ness’ 1-2 body punches and vociferous (to be fair, Roc called ‘cap’ on like half of them) personals scored at times (esp. the more witty ones) and made for an earnest effort in this 3-rounder. Helped a bit by his opponent’s elongated rounds and often pedestrian bars, through the use of a highly efficient gun bar game, a gang of rich similes, fiery wordplay, solid name flips/personals and stinging/graphic-lit punches, a more substantive Tay Roc manages to take each round for the Gentleman’s 30.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “All y’all nigga’s vs. one pistol, let’s see who jump the gun!”

T-Rex defeats Jay Dat Guy

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Recap: In this highly competitive 1-rounder from The Platform Battles, while Jay Day Guy and T-Rex both supply the earnest trap talk, fiery street bars and boastful barbs, it’s the slightly more bar efficient Rex who edges the win over his elongated opponent.

Verdict: T-Rex (W) 1-0

Favorite line: T-Rex – “Good work always sell itself, you understand that, the coke so raw the stamp on it say ‘Bareback’!”

Charlie Clips defeats Cheyraq

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, a close one here between Charlie Clips and Cheyraq. The latter keeping it competitive with a boatload of witty fat jokes, steely punches and hard street bars, while Clips kept it G with a gang of hard-hitting personals of his own, fiery schemes, plenty of boastful barbs and of course, a shitload of hitting rebuttals and freestyles that in the end allowed the Harlem vet to edge rounds 1 and 2 for the win before a debatable 3rd.

Verdict: Charlie Clips (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Charlie Clips – “I will murk you, fuck you and your little circle, confused bitch got on all this pink, but your pussy purple!”

Coffee Brown defeats Swamp

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Recap: From URL, not a good look for Swamp, who after competing pretty hard in round 1 of this 3-rounder versus Coffee Brown, seemed to become fazed by a lethargic crowd that to be fair didn’t seemed enthused by either one of the battlers on stage throughout the battle. A bit perturbed, the South Carolina vet seemingly choose to cut both of his latter rounds short and give way to a Coffee Brown who ignored the wearisome onlookers and stayed on point via a gang of fiery/mocking personals, blistering trap talk and consistently gritty punches to earn an easy 30.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Coffee Brown – “I don’t wanna shit about parenting when you left all your baby mamas alone, Daddy was a rolling stone. Swamp ran through, that’s Indiana Jones!”

Rum Nitty defeats Snake Eyez

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Recap: From URL, out-barring opponent Snake Eyez at every turn, especially when it came to substantive street darts, similes, wordplay, name flips, storytelling, personals, set-up/punchlines and even (considering how aggressive Snake usually is) animated/mayhem-lit violence, an also much more condensed Rum Nitty scores more haymakers in each round and handily catches a 30 on Mr. One-Eye Willy.

Verdict: Rum Nitty (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Rum Nitty – “Raise the heat, pistol whip, recognize features…like face ID!”

Chef Trez defeats Kapo Bravado

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Recap: Funny how leading off in this Bags & Bodies 1-rounder, Kapo Bravado asked Chef Trez not to do any rebuttals. And after listening to Kapo’s raps–a pretty dope combo of hard-hitting street bars, personals and set-up/punchlines–it’s no wonder he thought he could win without the Chef’s inevitable off-the-dome heat. Too bad for Kapo tho as the Chef would use his turn to not only lace his opponent with a gutsy (including a mid-rounder) 3 of them things, but also spout a gang of sturdy gun bars, gritty punches, wicked wordplay and stinging personals to score more than enough haymakers for the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “He was never safe, but y’all should’ve told I been with it, fuck short notice, my Prep nice enough to beat 6 nigger’s!”

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: From Mic Masters Alliance, a dope and highly competitive 3-rounder between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Danny Myers comes down to the final round. The Bar God dishing out a bunch of vicious name flips, mayhem-lit punches and salacious personals to edge round 1 despite a pretty solid turn by 40, before the Team 40 president/CEO upped her wordplay game and with a consistent round filled with hard-hitting personals and stinging punchlines, edged the 2nd round despite a fiery and witty (esp. when it came to the old jokes) turn by Danny that included a couple of fire rebuttals. The deciding 3rd would be a boastful, personal-lit and a punch-fest on both sides. And while 40 would need to recover her bars mid-way through her round due to constant interruptions from the crowd, her wicked pen game contained just enough more haymakers to take the round and the win.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 2-1

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. – “Picture a nigga saying I’m not top 5, after all I’ve done, I swear to God I would’ve felt ashamed, but it’s clear that Bar God name don’t hit the same when it’s only self-proclaimed!”

Chef Trez defeats K Venom

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Recap: From T.O.S Battle League, gritty with the punches, rich with the metaphors/name flips and expansive with the vocab…K Vemon spouted a competitive effort here for 3 rounds against Chef Trez. But never one to underestimate his opponent, after out-punching Venom in round 1 to handily take the opener, the Chef’s continuous display of sturdy gun bars, mocking personals, stifling off-the-dome heat and hard-hitting punchlines in enough to take the deciding (after getting edged in round 2) 3rd round for the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Mac 10 load bra, hit his bro up, then give Ven mo [Venmo] bucks, I’m sending money through!”

Fonz defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: Simply put, another day at the office for the Landlord. Fonz beating back a mostly pedestrian effort from Bill Collector with a consistent barrage of fiery name flips, bullish darts, feelgood wordplay, hitting punches and personals to handily catch a 30 in this 3-rounder from T-Top’s “No Cut” card.

Verdict: Fonz (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Fonz – “You let a nigga touch and you laughed about it…oh you ticklish?!”!”

Chess defeats Swav

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Recap: From Houston Bar Code, spirited and mayhem-lit with the punches while adding just enough solid name flips and spicy wordplay to the mix, allows Chess to edge this 1-rounder over Swav, who while richly dipped in hazardous street bar aesthetics, went a little overboard with the ‘chest’ name flips and other pedestrian (esp. when it came to the personals) bars.

Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chess – “Nigga, I have to hurt you, I’m talking eyes black and purple, he cause a show, I’ll make a movie then fly back commercial!”

Woosaah defeats Clone

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Recap: From T-Top’s “No Cut” card, against the leisurely but gritty polemics of Clone, Woosaah uses some sturdy wordplay, righteous gun bars, mocking personals and hard-hitting punchlines to score more haymakers and take both of the opening rounds for the win before a surge by Clone in the final round allowed for a debatable there.

Verdict: Woosaah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Woosaah – “I don’t know much about taking a test, but I could tell you an autopsy look like a state exam!”

Tru Foe defeats A. Ward

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Recap: From T.O.S. Battle League, deftly mixing up rigorous street talk with proverbial Bible verses, solid name flips and gritty punchlines/personals, after a debatable round 1 (thanks in part to a couple of dope rebuttals from A. Ward), a more consistently hitting Tru Foe takes both of the latter rounds for the win in this mostly competitive 3-rounder.

Verdict: Tru Foe (W) 2-1

Favorite line: True Foe – “They believe in Tru words, the way I led my people to the water they respect me in Flint!”

Pristavia defeats Coffee Brown

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Recap: From Bags n Bodies and The Riot, a crazy 3-rounder between Pristavia and Coffee Brown filled with a boatload of salacious (both sides) personals, righteous darts, Christian-themed disses (CB), syrupy name flips (Pristavia), gritty punchlines, unapologetically ratchet (CB) and fiery schemes/wordplay (Pristavia) comes down to round 3 after the two (Pristavia taking round 1 and Coffee taking round 2) split the opening rounds. However, round 3 while showcasing pretty solid turns from both battlers, would be edged by the slightly more punch/personal-heavy and consistently hitting Pristavia in what was a well-earned win.

Verdict: Pristavia (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Pristavia – “If you say you got knuckles you gonna have to stand on that like a primate!”

JC defeats Showstoppa

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Recap: From Black Ice Cartel, utilizing a potent mix of death-gripping punchlines, morbid wordplay, boastful barbs, cold name flips and otherworldly graphic/mayhem-lit darts, JC is able to take the first two rounds for the win and beat back a pretty solid and gritty effort from Showstoppa, who still had enough oomph to come back with a personal and punch-heavy 3rd to edge it there and avoid the shutout.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “We here for everything, I’m even taking a cut off top if you selling dreams!”

Ill Will defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: After inexcusably losing his footing and choking midway through what was, up until then, a terrific round 1 of this BMBL Winter Madness 3-rounder vs. Bill Collector, Ill Will gets back on his grind and delivers a superb (i.e. classic) 2nd round to even things up. The Pontiac, MI, vet going ham with a hard-hitting variety of stinging 4-bar set-up/punchlines, witty/mocking personals, steely wordplay, dope name flips, solid local-themed raps and piercing gun bars/street darts before doing more of the same (esp. when it came to a bunch of salacious personals) to handily take the deciding 3rd for the win over a name flip-lit, witty at times and often animated when it came to the punches, but overall not nearly as punch heavy or consistent BC.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Bill, you could spit, but you the make us laugh type, I spit the shit that make your bitch throw the neck at me like a giraffe fight!”

J Morr defeats Bad Newz

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from The 147 Block, despite a minor, mid-round slip-up, a more condensed J Morr’s filthy barrage of daunting gun bars, potent punchlines and graphic street bars combine and score enough haymakers to edge a gritty and versatile, but altogether elongated and slightly less steady effort from Bad Newz.

Verdict: J Morr (W) 1-0

Favorite line: J Morr – “Nigga I sold the best, with no Connect, I live in Airplane mode!”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Kyd Slade

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Recap: In my opinion URL should’ve released these Redemption 4 battles one day after the next on their own and let them breath individually instead of dumping them out on one day. Nonetheless, a goodie here between Kyd Slade and Nu Jerzey Twork. The former making the drug game proud with boatload of hitting trap talk, while also scoring with a gang of filthy street bars and lofty gun lines. On the other hand a scintillating Twork rocked the crowd with a shitload of stinging personals, spitfire punchline/similes, witty barbs, fly wordplay and piercing gun bars/name flips. A fiery and competitive 3-rounder all the way through, it’s the more punch-heavy and haymaker-lit NJT who would take both of the opening rounds for the win, before an equally efficient on both sides 3rd would force a debatable there.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “If y’all think children are the future then I’m Russell Wilson!”

Mackk Myron defeats Tex

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Recap: From Chrome 23, through a variety of consistently hitting punchlines, wily personals, witty barbs and slick/mayhem-induced bars, Mackk Myron manages to score more haymakers and edge rounds 1 and 2 here for the win over the gritty stylings of a less steady Tex. Tho the Philly battler/up-n-comer, already armed with a gang of gully street darts, a sturdy flow and flexing wordplay, was able to put it all together with a superb 3rd to handily take the final round over a much less substantiative Mackk and avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Mackk Myron (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mackk Myron – “You mad nigga?, I finna hit that kill button, I’m the Equalizer, i read the room then I kill something!”

Lu Castro defeats Loso

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Recap: From URL’s Redemption 4 card, while taking advantage of his opponent oft-choppy flow in both of the opening rounds, Lu Castro also scores with a bunch of righteous darts, blistering Christian-themed disses/punches, witty barbs and hitting personals to score a 30 over a Loso who while earnest, fiery and competitive in his raps, contributed to his defeat with way too many slip-ups and pedestrian bars.

Verdict: Lu Castro (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Lu Castro – “This nigger walk around so arrogant ‘cuz OTFMZ voted him the most sexy battle rapper…and half the panel was men!”

Chef Trez and Jerry Wess [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A fire URL 3-round “Redemption 4” card battle here between Jerry Wess and Chef Trez, showcases each battler on their A-game. The Chef, on point as usual with a boatload of stealth (“You are not Chef, you better move away before this tool get sprayed, I’ll have a switch for Wess [West] out the blue like the Luka trade!”) gun bars, fiery name flips, clever “How to scam right” tutorials and stinging off-the dome heat. Meanwhile, Mr. Wess would come correct with a gang of hard-hitting punchlines (especially during a spitfire round 2), wily name flips, piercing similes, a couple of fly rebuttals of his own and a crazy NYC scheme. Close throughout, a crazy haymaker of a rebuttal at the end of his round (which up till then was equally punch-lit on both sides) would edge Chef round 1. The 2nd round while competitive, saw Wess performing crazy and consistently punching at such a sublime level (i.e. classic) that even a pretty solid and gritty turn by Trez couldn’t keep up. In the deciding 3rd, despite struggling a bit with his flow, Wess would still deliver a dope, punch-worthy and winnable turn. But never one to slouch, the Chef would come back with some fire rebuttals that coupled with a well-themed, righteously personal and fierce 3rd to force a tie and overall, a debatable battle.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “You did a freestyle about me petting a llama, that shit wasn’t true neither, P’ll kidnap your bitch at the same place with the animals let the zoo keep her [zookeeper]!”

Danny Myers defeats Covid B

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, via a bunch of wily name flips, boastful barbs, piercing off-the-dome heat, hard-hitting personals and stinging/mayhem-lit punchlines, despite tapering off a bit towards the end of his round, a slightly more condensed and bar efficient Danny Myers is able to edge this 1-rounder over a pretty solid, gritty and bodacious effort from Covid B.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “This gangster image you trying to sell us?, it’s not a real person, last time Covid shut down a Vegas strip, it didn’t happen…we was still surfing!”

T-Top defeats Kid Chaos

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Recap: From URL, it’s South Carolina (Kid Chaos) versus North Carolina (T-Top) for 3 rounds in a competitive battle that mostly littered with greasy personals, rich metaphors, bountiful Carolina=isms, boastful barbs and witty puns. And with the set-up/punchline and name flip crazy Top scoring more haymakers to handily take round 1, before a gritty, funny at times and personal-lit Chaos returned the favor in round 2. Tied going into round 3, armed with some wily off-the-dome shiners and a boatload of versatile/piercing personals, despite another pretty solid turn by his opponent, it’s the more consistently hitting Top who would take the 3rd for the win.

Verdict: T-Top (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Top – “I grandfathered you in, so when it comes to emergency contact for Kid, my name at the top of the list!”

JC defeats Real Deal

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Recap: From URL’s ‘Redemption 4’ card, after the slightly more condensed Real Deal uses a bunch of witty personals and wily/obscure punches to edge round 1 over opponent JC’s more death-gripping parlance, the Michigan vet makes him pay for it in both of the latter two rounds. Indeed, even while Real Deal stayed competitive, JC would prove to be too much. The EFB member upping the ante and dishing a gang of sublime set-up/punchlines, boastful barbs, stinging wordplay and fiery gun bars to score haymakers amd take rounds 2 and 3 for the comeback win.

Verdict: JC (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JC – “Or the lead pop, bitch I step with no brakes like we in Bedrock!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats J2

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Recap: From URL, some hiccups with his flow, but it’s mostly a fiery J2 via a gang of salacious gun bars, who upends Jakkboy Maine in round 1 of this 3-rounder. However, while 2 still got busy with a bunch of gritty punches/personals and even more of the fierce gun lines we’re used to seeong from him in both of the latter rounds, Jakkboy would do him better. The former Goonie utilizing a boatlaod of ill set-up/punchlines, righteous darts, witty personals and stinging metaphorical tropes to edge rounds 2 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “The nigga retarded, gay and from the Midwest, where they aired his death and nobody checked him, yeah and I’m the cable provoder so he died on 3 different Spectrum’s!”

Chess defeats Chuck Book

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Recap: From Gates of the Garden, ganging up on opponent Chuck Book (who was actually pretty solid here) with a plethora of fire name flips, piercing wordplay and gritty punchlines/gun bars, Chess earns himself a 30 in what was a competitive 3-rounder.

Verdict: Chess (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chess – “And just know I ain’t one of those nigga’s you could smoke, get toe-tagged, I’ll turn this Book into a footnote!”

Real Name Brandon defeats Kayo

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Recap: From Takeova Battle League, with plenty of fiery gun bars a blazing and other noteworthy street semantics adrift, Vegas battler Kayo offers up a competitive effort in this 1-rounder vs. Real Name Brandon. However, via a gang of rapid-fire punches that scored with its airy similes and consistent mayhem to go along with a bunch of fire name flips, hard street tales and feelgood gun lines, it’s RNB who scores more than enough haymakers to take this one in the end.

Verdict: Real Name Brandon (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Real Name Brandon – “I’m notches above you, you gotta show me, ‘cuz every other day we had to throw [balls up hands like fists] these, my block was like Animal Planet, nuthin’ but pitbull’s and parolees!”

Mike P and Shooney Da Rapper

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Recap: SMH. Versus a mostly subpar (esp. the 2nd half of his round 2) punching Mike P, in this 3-rounder from Chrome 23, Shooney Da Rapper’s well-documented struggles with her flow once again come back to her bite her. The ‘Black Widow’ handily taking the aforementioned 2nd round with a blistering turn that featured both heavy (“Trust me, you don’t wanna play, I’ll backhand him, now Remy gotta edit out the SMACK in a different way!”) punches and personals during a consistently aggressive run with nary an unforced error. But after a debatable round 1 that while serving as her opponent’s best turn, still saw a slightly punch-heavier Shooney fumble the ball flow-wise to make it a tie, a pretty pedestrian round by Mike (who outside of rapping about Shooney’s husband, also struggled with content here) sees him edge it anyway after his opponent counters with a mid/flow-challenged turn that she nearly choked away.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Mike P – “Your bars?, Haki trash, whoever wrote it should stop, your feet stink, I could smell your toes through your holes in your socks!”

Xcel defeats Ave

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Recap: Dope 3-rounder here between Ave and Xcel, brought to you from the good folks at TBL. Ave, surrounding an always hard-hitting punch game with a gang of hitting name flips, boastful barbs and stinging personals. While Xcel came with a boatload of piercing wordplay, some witty personals/storytelling and wily punches that for the most part landed. A gutsy and competitive performance from both battlers, it’s a slightly more haymaker-lit and bar efficient Ave who takes round 1, before Acel came back and returned the favor in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “How a nigger that punch too unhealthy to fight for real?, you slide and drill?, and what you pulling up shit and kicking doors?, nigga how you testing hearts when yours need shots of Lipitor?!”

A. Ward defeats Steams

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Recap: In this 1-rounder (that incredibly enough doesn’t start until the 7-plus minute mark) from Street Talk Ent, A. Ward uses a variety of spicy sport schemes, solid name flips, witty personals, boastful barbs and wily punchlines to edge a lyrical with some gritty wordplay/punches here and there, but mostly pedestrian Steams.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 1-0

Favorite line: A. Ward – “I already killed J2, you ain’t nobody special, I went from him downstairs to HIM upstairs and now I’m showing you levels!”

DNA defeats Dre Dennis

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Recap: From GOTG, a pretty good and equally competitive 1-rounder here between DNA and Dre Dennis with plenty of roundhouse punchlines, witty/righteous personals, lofty name flips and mayhem-lit gun and yes knife lines. Nonetheless, via spicier wordplay as well as a plethora of gritty bars that overall were slightly more haymaker-lit, it’s DNA who ends up edging this one.

Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0

Favorite line: DNA – “Fucking with me was the wrong option, I don’t care how he may feel, this ain’t gonna be a happy ending, DeShawn Watson!”

Ill Will defeats Times

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Recap: From MMTV, not the cleanest Ill Will round what with a mid-round slip-up. But thanks in part to his opponent Times (who via a bunch of gritty street bars and piercing punches was pretty solid throughout here) rapping twice as long as he did, a slightly more bar efficient, off-the-dome hitting, name flip scoring, gun bar-lit and hard-hitting with the personals & punchlines Ill Will is able to edge this competitive 1-rounder.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “I’m known everywhere, if you go to the East coast you better tuck ya chin, down there in the South you better act like you my fucking friend, I could get you fired on in L.A….like a gust of wind!”

Woosaah defeats Jakkboy Maine

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Recap: From URL’s Nexus card, yeah even in light of a dope showing from Woosaah, can’t blame Jakkboy Maine for feeling like he should’ve had this one. The Richmond, VA, battler (after losing round 1 to his more haymaker-lit opponent) having to cut what was presumably a superb round 2, seemingly due to issues with his breathing and overall health. That would leave the crazy-punching, gritty, personal-lit and simile outstanding Woosaah with the win before Jakk would change up his flow/cadence and deliver a punch-heavy and fire 3rd to avoid the shutout.

Verdict: Woosaah (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Woosaah – “We rep the same flag but you ain’t part of my team bra, ironic he a Blood and every other day he C’s up!”

Chef Trez & Midas defeats Darius Tha Great & JT Steez Deveto

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Recap: In this gritty and mostly competitive 2-on-2, 1-rounder from Dark Horse Battle League, the team of Darius Tha Great and JT Steez Deveto get off to hot start and put on a cohesive, witty at times, menacing and often (“Since he wanna team up with the Chef, like an omelet I’m a have to fold this nigga!”) punch-lit showing before slowing down to a more pedestrian level in the latter 3rd of their round. On the hand, helped by some pretty solid rebuttals/freestyles by Trez and Midas to start things off, before the duo maneuvered to a sturdy round filled with piercing schemes, equally wicked gun bars, mocking personals, boastful barbs and hard-hitting punchline/similes, it’s the more haymaker-lit and steadily hitting Chef Trez and Midas who gained the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez & Midas (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez & Midas – “Man woah, I’ll cut your career short before you even get a chance bro, knife out, start slicing at this nigga, tsk tsk tsk tsk, shit sound like a gas stove!”

Charron and Ill Will [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: From Chrome 23, a fire 3-rounder between Charron and Ill Will that besides the usual menu items we’re accustomed to seeing from each battler, also surprisingly featured more off-the-dome heat from Will than his freestyle-prone Wild-n-Out opponent. Despite a bullish, gritty and competitive effort from Will in round, the opening round would go to the punch-crazy, (“This Freddy Kruger vs, Meek Mill, a nightmare to a dream chaser!”) boastful and more haymaker-lit Charron. Starting out the gate with a crazy and superb rebuttal, a righteous at times, personal-spazzing, witty, gun bar piercing, set-up/punchline spicy and bodacious Ill Will would come back to the second round over a pretty solid overall, but elongated effort from Charron. Tied going into round 3, Charron would dish yet another punch and personal-heavy round that while lengthy and prone to some pedestrian bars here and there, still kept the crowd hyped and scored aplenty. And while Will would utilize a convenient race angle against a white rapper in the 3rd, his sturdy combo of fly (including a mid-rounder) rebuttals, hard-hitting personals, steely punches and stinging pontifications in an equally efficient turn would earn the Yak-town battler a draw in the deciding round and a debatable altogether.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Ill Will – “STFU, let’s get this grudge out, I got money for a lawyer, you got money for a judge, I got money for the nigga to take the judge out!”

A. Ward defeats J2

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Recap: From Calicoe’s BMBL league, outside of a lazy gay/race angle in round 2, a bunch of pedestrian bars and a handful of slip-ups throughout his 3 rounds, J2 manages to unleash a solid, gun/street bars-heavy and gritty effort in front of a Detroit crowd that was into the entire battle. Too bad that A. Ward just on one here. The Kansas battler delivering a superb opening round, littered with a gang of righteous darts, fly name flips, mocking/witty personals, dope punchlines and fiery off-the-dome heat that combined to handily take the opener. Then in round 2 exposing the advantages and drawbacks of being a prominent gay rapper in battle rap while also dishing plenty of fly rebuttals and hitting punches/personals. Already up 2-0, Ward would bring down the energy a bit and offer up a solid and punch-worthy 3rd that coupled with J2 struggling with his flow to the point that he had to cut his round short, easily gave A. Ward he 30.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 3-0

Favorite line: A. Ward – “Hey, listen to this, ‘cuz this how the story goes, Smack called your phone, you was giving some head!”

Hansel defeats Dice

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Recap: From URL’s Nexus card, yeah even if it’s a chick flashing her titties mid-round, you can’t let distractions get in your head and mess up your flow. Not in battle rap anyway (esp. a judged one as was the case here). As while Hansel pulls a J-Murda and pulls out his phone while his opponent raps, causing a huge slip-up (not a choke) by Dice (who was pretty solid, flippant with the personals and lyrical throughout), the feeling here is that the EFB member out-rapped his opponent in round 1 anyway. Hansel using some scathing personal breakdowns, gritty punches, fly wordplay and fiery name flips/gun bars to take both of the opening (esp. in round 2 where he was more haymaker-lit) rounds for the win before a debatable 3rd made it 2-1

Verdict: Hansel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Hansel – “We will kidnap his bitch real, if we find out where she at, it’s a stripper’s Instagram, lock her [locker] in the back!”

Jey The Nitewing defeats Sheed Happens

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Recap: Always nice to see a style clash as the righteous, poetic stylings of Jey The Nitewing faces off against the performance-lit, florescent synergy of Sheed Happens in a dope 3-rounder from URL’s Nexus card. And with both battlers seemingly intent on making 2025 their year, this one was doozy. Nitewing coupling his esoteric pontifications with a gang of piercing name flips, earnest/steel-toed raps, ill style breakdowns and some hitting metaphors, while Sheed kept it gritty with a boatload of fly personals, performance-lit punches and stinging wordplay. Close throughout, but with Sheed hurting himself a bit with elongated and slightly less efficient rounds in the 2nd and 3rd, after a debatable round 1, it’s the more witty and methodical Nitewing who takes round 2 and edges round 3 for the win.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing – “As a writer you sacrifice relevance, you choose embellishment, a beauty mark from a blemish and you overselling it, must be a Maryland element!”